Astronomer fred hoyle predicted in 1948.
Big blue marble earth picture.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Evans command module pilot.
Once a photograph of the earth taken from the outside is available a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.
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It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.
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Today we take for granted our ability to see our home world from the outside a view denied to all previous generations before the space age.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
High resolution version help 4400 x 4600 pixels 60 7 mb 14 67 x 15 33 300dpi 37 26 cm x 38 94 cm 17 8 mb rgb jpeg file.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
Big blue marble earth credit.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
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Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.
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This reconstructed digital portrait of our planet is reminiscent of the apollo era pictures of the big blue marble earth from space.